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I've made a bad mistake and I'm paying hard
I've made a terrible error. I've been looking for ways to get more veg in my life, and one way I came up with was to buy a big bag of spinach, wilt it, and purée it, then just swallow down a dose of veg in a few easy spoonfuls. Simple, effective. Yesterday the idea came to me that maybe, since spinach is pretty mild…
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please distract me so I don't keep snacking.
Hi guys! Need a bit of support right now.. I've eaten my fill, I'm not actually hungry, but I'm so bored and I'm prone to bored snacking. Please distract me! It's only half past six, it's too early for my fallback of going to bed!!
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Probably a dumb question, but an honest ask!
So.. I went on a delicious salty binge last night. Waaaay too much salt. Drank over a litre of water and didn't pee all night too much salt. Today I am so bloated and retaining water like it's going out of style. My face looks like the moon. How I I tell my body it was a once off and there's no need to hang onto that extra…
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Fitbit calorie burn
Can anyone tell me how accurate the calorie burn my Fitbit charge HR reports is? I have all my stats in my Fitbit account up to date, I wear the device as directed and wear it consistently, and I find the heart rate it reports to be very accurate when I check manually. so on a scale from…
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why am i losing muscle mass?
I've been focussing really hard on improving my diet since the start of june, and by pretty much just changing that, I've lost about 8kg (woot!!) for the first 9 or 10 weeks it was a lovely, happy loss - weight and body fat percentage going down, hydration and muscle mass staying about the same, but the last couple of…
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a day 12 years in the making..
after splashing around between 85kg (my heaviest, 9 years ago) and 65.7kg (so close!! 5 years ago) I hit my 'goal weight' of 65kg today. I say 'goal weight' because it's not a final stop, but for the past 12 years of trying to lose weight, it's the goalpost I have always set as my 'that'd be pretty good, and once I get…
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so.. valuable lesson
celery allergy is a thing. celery allergy is quite a common thing. celery allergy is more common in people with asthma and/or eczema. celery allergy is more common in people with allergies to birch. higher concentrations of allergens are found in celeriac, and even higher in celery seeds. ask me how I know..
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WINNING!!
I'm pretty pleased with myself at the moment and feel like bragging a little. since the start of winter I've tidied up my diet quite a bit. I train frequently and haven't really changed anything except my diet. And it's working! I've dropped just over 6kg in 10 weeks, my body fat's down 4%, and my metabolic age has dropped…
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Inspiralise me!
I've had a spiraliser for ages, but I've never really gone much further with it than zucchini noodles. Don't get me wrong, I frigging love zucchini noodles. I don't care how lame you think I am, a bowl of zucchini noodles with a little bit of actual pasta and a bit of grated tasty cheese fills me with such delicious joy!…
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I'm just really hungry right now and need distraction
Please talk to me. I've had my dinner, then I've had a snack, and all I'm thinking of is snacks - within reach I have dried apricots, chocolate, yoghurt, muesli. I'm not actually hungry, but man I could eat!! Feel free to suggest things I can do instead of eating, but I'm definitely against getting active - I've already…
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I'm so confused and jaded!
ugh. rainy weekend after a really *kitten* week of work = bulk netflix. I watched, Fed Up, Fat Sick and Nearly Dead, and Hungry for Change, and they've basically left me feeling so helpless. Like, how can we win when big food companies are cutting our efforts to do better down? I want to put my own interests first, but…
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Need help hitting my macros
hi all, stinkin' vegetarian here, struggling to hit my macros. I posted earlier looking for help in setting my macros and was directed to a post suggesting that 1g of protien per lb of lean mass and 0.35g of fat per lb body mass would be a good place to start, so not I'm trying to mock up a day's food using those two as…
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Ideal macros
This is probably going to be a divisive question, but how can I work out what my ideal dietary breakdown would be. I'd like to know what the 'gold medal' diet for me would be so I know where I'm aiming.
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I feel like this is a really dumb question, but I'm also certain I'm not alone..
Those dreaded words.. "ACTIVATE YOUR CORE!" I feel like a total idiot, but I don't know what I'm doing! I know I'm not meant to just suck my stomach in or push it out, but that's the only two moves that region knows!! And with the covering of chub, I can't poke myself and see if the muscles 'feel' tensed. tips?
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Advice Please re. fitbit calories burned
Hi guys, Does anyone know how accurate the 'calories burned' on my fitbit surge are? I thought they'd be quite accurate, since it knows my body stats and is monitoring my heart rate 24/7, but wanted to ask since there's so many people out there who know more about this stuff than me!
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General Motors Diet 'miracle' soup
I tend to want to keep eating if my meal doesn't seem 'big' enough, regardless of nutritional/caloric content, so I wanted something I could feel like I was feasting on while not 'blowing the budget' in terms of calories. Following a recipe I found in a GM diet website, I made the vegetable soup that seems to be the…
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Garmin Vivosmart HR vs Fitbit Charge HR
Hi all, I'm looking for a fitness tracker that does my heart rate, and I think I have it narrowed down to these two. Has anyone done this comparison, or does anyone have experience with these devices? I know fitbit has a rather loyal fan base, and the contrary child in me automatically wants to go against the need, so I'm…
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Wanted: Filling foods!
Hello all! I write to you from my couch, from which I am staring longingly into my kitchen. I am having one of those terrible bottomless pit days on which I could eat the crotch from a low-lying duck. I have eaten plenty today, and good foods - salad, cheese, yoghurt, fruit, oats, and I've had heaps of water too... but I…
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Learn from my fail!!
Oh man.. I got regrets! I've recently finished a month of Jenny Craig, which I followed pretty strictly (if I'm paying that much for food, I want it to work!), so I've had a full month of small, frequent meals; lost of fruit and veg, no treats. Tonight I went and donated blood, and felt a bit weak after so had a juice and…
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Anybody else doing Jenny Craig?
Hello all! I've just finished my first week of Jenny Craig, and I'm wondering if there's anyone else out there doing it? I'm probably not going to do it for long, since it's really too expensive for me to keep up, but I really needed something to get me back on the straight and narrow and make me a little more accountable…
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Advice Please: GPS watches
I've been thinking that I'd like a GPS watch for christmas. Nothing too fancy - I really just want it to do the things the Mapmyrun app does, without having to cart my big, stupid phone along with me (don't get me started!!) given i only want it to be basic, and I'm asking for it for christmas, I'd like to keep cost down…
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Sigh. The flesh is willing but the spirit is weak.
I've been really struggling recently with motivation, and I don't really know why. I haven't lost any weight in the last few months, but I don't think I really mind that - I'm seeing improvements in my performance, and although I do have more weight to lose I look ok. I've hit some good fitness goals lately too, running…
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Android Meal Planner App?
Hi All! I've just made the big leap from Apple-land to the Android's Dungeon, and I'm trying to find android apps to replace some of my favourite apple ones. Does anyone have a suggestion for a good meal planner app? On my iphone I was using 'Food Planner' by Markus Ranner, and was really happy with it (incidentally, i…
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running - starting point is making me cry!
I know everybody has to start somewhere, but my starting point is so crap that i feel worse about myself when i try to run than i do when i laze around and do no exercise! I'm within my healthy weight range, my body fat isn't terrible, my muscle mass is good, my hydration is good, and i can walk for hours at 6km/h -…
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Seven minute workout app
Has anyone else tried it? I love it!! im a total fitness lamewad and get discouraged really easily when the going gets tough, so the fact that I can do all (bar one) of the exercises, and can get it over with in seven minutes is so encouraging. I know eventually I should be doing more than one round on it, but it's such a…
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dumb question for the day
regarding lunges.. am I cheating if I steady myself against the wall while walking lunges up and down my hallway? I know in some exercises maintaining your balance is half the challenge, but I'm just so uncoordinated!
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I've made a terrible mistake.
had a sore throat this morning, so thought I'd go a salt water gargle to head it off before it got worse. unfortunately, needed to cough while I was gargling, panicked, and swallowed instead of spitting. most people who've taken an excitable dog to the beach would know the effect of a big gulp of salty water on the body.…
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I wish I knew what I ate to upset myself so much!
sorry for the TMI, but I've been feeling awful the last couple of days with constipation, diarrhoea and eye-watering gas, and I have no idea what I've eaten to cause it. I've eaten very similar things every day for the past few days and haven't introduced any new food to my life in ages! I'm vegetarian, I haven't had…
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Scale Victory!! Scale Victory!!
So... check out my ticker.. as of 1025 this morning, I am AT MY GOAL WEIGHT!! I haven't been this weight since I was 20 (and, of course, back then I thought I was fat!). I'm one week from finishing a 12 week weight loss challenge, and at the start of it, when they asked me for a goal weight, I thought 'screw it, I'm gonna…
